We partner with the American Lung Association to provide housing. We de facto pay for it through our contract with them. Our largest jurisdiction has enough volume that there are apartments available for public health. It’s more cost effective than paying for a hotel. Another jurisdiction has trailers in which they can house patients. In the rest of the state, the option is limited to motels. Some rural areas do not have that as an option. The patient usually has to stay in the urban area that the hospital is at (the places without alternative housing have limited health care as well). Definitely a challenge!

Cherie

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RE: [External] Daily digest for tbnurses@ntca.simplelists.com - McLemore, Stephanie D (26 Jun 2019 14:53 EDT)
Re: housing patientswith TB - Patty Woods (26 Jun 2019 04:14 EDT)
Re: Daily digest for tbnurses@ntca.simplelists.com by Goodbody, Angela K V (25 Jun 2019 21:41 EDT)
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    In Hawaii we do the same as you. Good Luck!


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    housing patients with TB - Fearey, Donna A (HSS) (24 Jun 2019 20:53 EDT) housing patients with TB by Fearey, Donna A (HSS) (24 Jun 2019 20:53 EDT)
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    Hello TB nurses!

    I am writing from the Alaska TB program.  I am interested to hear how other states house persons with infectious TB who are not clear to travel home, or don’t have a home to go to. We work to keep these persons in the hospital as long as we can, but there is a lot of push to get them dc’d if they are medically stable.  In Alaska, we are limited to finding motels that don’t share air. We frequently pay for the cost of housing folks who do not have resources and are not eligible for housing through Medicaid or other sources.

     

    Thanks in advance,

    Donna

     

     

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    In WV we have state owned and operated facility that can house our noninfectious TB patients and a state owned and operated acute care hospital that will house our infectious TB patients.

     

     

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    housing patients with TB - Fearey, Donna A (HSS) (24 Jun 2019 20:53 EDT)

    housing patients with TB by Fearey, Donna A (HSS) (24 Jun 2019 20:53 EDT)
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    Hello TB nurses!

    I am writing from the Alaska TB program.  I am interested to hear how other states house persons with infectious TB who are not clear to travel home, or don’t have a home to go to. We work to keep these persons in the hospital as long as we can, but there is a lot of push to get them dc’d if they are medically stable.  In Alaska, we are limited to finding motels that don’t share air. We frequently pay for the cost of housing folks who do not have resources and are not eligible for housing through Medicaid or other sources.

     

    Thanks in advance,

    Donna

     

     

    Donna Fearey, ANP, MSN

    Nurse Epidemiologist
    State of Alaska
    3601 C Street, Suite 540
    Anchorage, AK  99503
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    Fax: 907-563-7868
    Cell: 907-903-9819

     

     

     

     

     

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Re: housing patientswith TB by Patty Woods (26 Jun 2019 04:14 EDT)
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    Donna
    In NJ we have a grant that has some funding to pay for rent or hotel. However, we cannot allow discharge until they are no longer infectious.
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